An ordinance that will require Henry County’s fire departments to produce annual budgets and audits took a step closer to becoming law last week.
Members of the Henry County Fiscal Court recently met with the county’s fire chiefs, and amended the original version of the ordinance to a more palatable version.

Magistrates Jerry Beasley, Guy Coombs and Nick Hawkins met with the chiefs in an effort to see “how we could better reflect what they’re already doing,” Hawkins said.

For one fan of English literature and history, Henry County is home.
Dr. William Pollard, a 1964 HCHS graduate, is vice-president and college dean at Transylvania University, where he also is a professor of English.
Pollard has published books on medieval English literature and co-edited two works on medieval English mysticism and spirituality.

The living Nativity in Bethlehem was populated by community members last week. At right, Sarah Baxter gets her wings. bottom Right, long-time friends Nick Suter, Olivia Herrell and Hallie Boyer took part in the nativity scene. At bottom left, Baxter and Wiseman Anthony Palmer don gloves and boots to face the frigid temperatures on 12/22.

Ever wonder what it’s like to know what the Kentucky State Police do every day and just exactly how they do it?
Thanks to an initiative by KSP Commissioner Rodney Brewer, ordinary folks like me can participate in the Citizens Police Academy. The academy is a series of classes spread over 12 weeks and designed to give participants a better look at the what, why and how of the Kentucky State Police.

Thursday, December 30
Free adult scrapbooking offered at the Eminence Community Life Center from 10 a.m. until noon on Thursdays.

The County Kickers Line Dancing group meets on Thursday nights at the Henry County Fairgrounds 4H Building in New Castle. Lessons are held for beginners from 6 to 7 p.m. and advanced lessons follow from 7 to 8 p.m. There is a fee of $20 per year. For more information contact Darlene Tipton at (502) 750-0954 or (502) 947-5160.